There always the one, that two sisters on the ministry, call on a man with savage dogs and he sets it on them, but they call on the name of Jehovah and the dogs stop and run away[8>]
Angharad
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Songs And Experiences.
by Englishman ini don't know if they still have this little gem to start off assembly sessions.
back in my days of dubdom, some raw recruit would often relate to the assembled multitude his/her story of how his/her life was a mess when - bingo!
a chance encounter led them straight into the 'trooth', and hey look at me everyone, i'm living proof it's the troof!.
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We got kittens !!
by Simon insince our old cat died a few weeks before we moved house, liam has not stopped asking about it and telling us how much he'd like a cat.. i've just been out an got two 7 week old kittens... mainly white with tortoishell markings... they are adorable (i had to use all my manly tough powers to resist bringing all 5 home).
the kids love them but i'm going to be very strict making sure they don't play with them... until i've finished
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Angharad
ISP
I know what you mean about the defying gravity, one of them has just walked up my clothes and sat on my shoulder.
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Education Survey
by larc ineducation was strongly discouraged among the witnesses.
i am curious as to how many of you went on for further education and in what fields.
i will go ahead and list the ones i already know.. larc - advanced degrees in organizational psychology.
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Angharad
Just finished first year in degree in Earth Science.
Year two starts in Febuary.
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Shunning is worse than the worst crime possible
by Richie ini have come to the conclusion that the shunning practices of the jw's are in fact worse than the worst crime committed.
just imagine, your own daughter shunning you, not wanting to see me or her first son (my grandson).
whenever i walk around in the village i live and i happen to encounter jw's, they don't even acknowledge that i exist at all!!.
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Angharad
Here a link to Bill's article: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=14251&site=3
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Best Excuses for Getting out of Meetings
by Xena inbeing pregnant worked really well for me!
lol i milked that puppy for all it was worth!
got to sit in the back room and nap with my feet up!
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Angharad
Dana
Talking of storms, when I was still living in Wales, one Thursday there was a very bad storm, which coensided with an unually high tide. The town flooded and roads where totally impassible. No-one went to the meeting (because they were to busy bailing out their front rooms), except this one elder who just happened to be the local fanatical witness[8>], he somehow managed to get though, must have parted the waters
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Best Excuses for Getting out of Meetings
by Xena inbeing pregnant worked really well for me!
lol i milked that puppy for all it was worth!
got to sit in the back room and nap with my feet up!
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Angharad
GASP, Shame on you Zazu! (good one though)
I can't belive no one has posted 'time of the month'. Most people were too embarased to question it, so it worked great!
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Name that TV program
by WildHorses ini was at work tonight and we were joking around and talking about old shows we used to watch while growing up.
i thought it would be fun if we wrote a line from a show and see if we could guess what show it came from.
my name is lenny, and if i ain't got it, there isn't any.
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Angharad
Tain't Lawrence of Arabia
Eman - you crack me up
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Some may think this is gross, but I find it funny.
by AMarie ingood morning everybody:.
and happy friday.. i found the following joke very humorous and thought i would share.. once upon a time, there lived a man who had a terrible passion for baked beans.
he loved them, but they always had an embarrassing and somewhat lively reaction on him.
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Angharad
I'd not heard it either, thanks for the giggle
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mistaken email interception
by msil inmy wife sent an email to her sister from my server yesterday...unfortunately she had mispelled the recipients email address and it bounced back...and i just retrieved it.
as some of you know i have faded from the borganization and have been working to get my kids out too.
so i will post a snippet from the email, she sent, here followed by a question:.
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Angharad
Just to add after reading Frenchy's post
Asking questions does work, I remember during one or our rows, Simon asked me a question (I can't remember what it was, he may be able to say), and it really scared me because I couldn't answer it. At the time I just made some excuse to change the subject, but it really made me start to think about why I couldn't answer him.
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mistaken email interception
by msil inmy wife sent an email to her sister from my server yesterday...unfortunately she had mispelled the recipients email address and it bounced back...and i just retrieved it.
as some of you know i have faded from the borganization and have been working to get my kids out too.
so i will post a snippet from the email, she sent, here followed by a question:.
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Angharad
Hi Msil
Sorry for what you are going through.
I was in your wife's position a while ago, Simon had more or less left and made his mindup about things. I was convinced that he was just beliving apostate lies off the evil internet, also someone he worked with was telling him things about the society that I couldn't belive at the time.
For a while I wouldn't listen at all, but he kept dropping little bits of information about things, and even though I insisted I don't believe it, it did start to give me doubts. As I couldn't help but think about what he was saying. I just couldn't admit it to him or myself.
I was talking to my mum about it all, saying to her that I still belived, but looking back now I was just saying what I thought people wanted to hear, I was so scared about what would happen and what people would think of us. Also, although what he was saying was starting to make sense, I still kept thinking what if he is wrong. Maybe this is what you wife is most scared of too?
In the end I convinced Simon to accept a shepherding call (so, yes it was my fault we got into the mess we did!) thinking they would sort him sort and answer his questions, but they couldn't. Strangely the way they treated him during the call and after was what convinced me to really look at what Simon was telling me.
Only you know what will worked best for your wife, but its good that you have got your son thinking.
Hope this helps a bit.
Also, it may depend on the type of elders you have, but I know of a couple who have doubts, even though they still attend meetings, the elders were pressuring them to have a shepherding call. They got fed up with making excuses and just said No they didn't want one. The elders have grundgingly backed off and accepted this.